Stefano Gervasoni (born 26 July 1962 in
Bergamo
Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...
) is an Italian composer.
A protégé of
Luigi Nono
Luigi Nono (; 29 January 1924 – 8 May 1990) was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music.
Biography
Early years
Nono, born in Venice, was a member of a wealthy artistic family; his grandfather was a notable painter. Nono bega ...
, Gervasoni studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in
Milan
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. In 1995 he became composer in residence at the Villa Médicis in
Rome
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. He has won many prizes for composition, and several of his works were commissioned by cultural institutions in
France
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, where he spent three years.
He is currently professor of composition at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris (Paris Conservatoire).
External links
Personal siteKulturserver.deRehearsal photographs*
Italian male classical composers
20th-century Italian classical composers
20th-century male composers
1962 births
Living people
21st-century Italian classical composers
20th-century Italian male musicians
21st-century Italian male musicians
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